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Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Recent Report Quantifies the Market for Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Posted on 23 Apr 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP In March, The Rockefeller Foundation and DB Climate Change Advisors released a research paper entitled United States Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Market Sizing and Financing... Read More

Tags: historic buildings , Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , building reuse , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , Energy Service Agreements , Property Assessed Clean Energy , Columbia Law School , greenhouse gases , retrofitting

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: PACE Update-Court Issues Decision Concerning Litigation Over FHFA’s Stance and Agency Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Posted on 5 Sep 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP This blog has been following the controversy surrounding Property Assessed Clean Energy, more commonly referred to as PACE. Here's an update: Background In the last... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , clean energy , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , Renewable Energy , Columbia Law School , PACE

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Finding Washington State Building Energy Code Met Requirements for Obtaining Exemption Under Federal Law
Posted on 2 Jul 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP On June 25, 2012, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in Bldg. Indus. Ass'n v. Wash. State Bldg. Code Council a district court decision that found that an energy efficient building... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , energy code , Energy Policy and Conservation Act , Columbia Law School , Washington State Building Code Council , Washington , code exemption , greenhouse gases

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Report Quantifies the Environmental Value of Building Reuse
Posted on 2 Apr 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP Recently, the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation issued a report that confirms the environmental benefit of building reuse. The report concludes... Read More

Tags: historic buildings , New York , carbon emissions , Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , building reuse , Climate Change , energy efficient buildings , Columbia Law School , National Trust for Historic Preservation , retrofitting

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Industry Seeking to Block Implementation of Rule Making New Federal Buildings Fossil-Fuel Free by 2030
Posted on 4 Jun 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP In 2007, President George Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act . Included in the Act is Section 433 , which requires that all new federal buildings (and major renovations... Read More

Tags: fossil-fuel free , Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , Energy Independence and Security Act , carbon-neutral , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , Columbia Law School , federal buildings , greenhouse gases , retrofitting

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Recent Report Quantifies the Market for Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Posted on 23 Apr 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP In March, The Rockefeller Foundation and DB Climate Change Advisors released a research paper entitled United States Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Market Sizing and... Read More

Tags: historic buildings , Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , building reuse , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , Energy Service Agreements , Property Assessed Clean Energy , Columbia Law School , greenhouse gases , retrofitting

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Report Quantifies the Environmental Value of Building Reuse
Posted on 2 Apr 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP Recently, the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation issued a report that confirms the environmental benefit of building reuse. The report concludes... Read More

Tags: historic buildings , New York , carbon emissions , Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , building reuse , Climate Change , energy efficient buildings , Columbia Law School , National Trust for Historic Preservation , retrofitting

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: PACE Update-Court Issues Decision Concerning Litigation Over FHFA’s Stance and Agency Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Posted on 5 Sep 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP This blog has been following the controversy surrounding Property Assessed Clean Energy, more commonly referred to as PACE. Here's an update: Background In... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , clean energy , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , Renewable Energy , Columbia Law School , PACE

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Report Finds that Climate Change Could Affect Indoor Air Quality
Posted on 9 Jun 2011 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP On June 7, 2011, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies issued a report, Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health , finding that climate change could... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , indoor air quality , indoor environment , HVAC , Climate Change , building ventilation , energy efficient buildings , pollutants , EPA

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Ninth Circuit Affirms Decision Finding Washington State Building Energy Code Met Requirements for Obtaining Exemption Under Federal Law
Posted on 2 Jul 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP On June 25, 2012, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in Bldg. Indus. Ass'n v. Wash. State Bldg. Code Council a district court decision that found that an energy efficient building... Read More

Tags: Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , energy code , Energy Policy and Conservation Act , Columbia Law School , Washington State Building Code Council , Washington , code exemption , greenhouse gases

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Industry Seeking to Block Implementation of Rule Making New Federal Buildings Fossil-Fuel Free by 2030
Posted on 4 Jun 2012 by J. Cullen Howe

By J. Cullen Howe, Environmental Law Specialist, Arnold & Porter LLP In 2007, President George Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act . Included in the Act is Section 433 , which requires that all new federal buildings (and major... Read More

Tags: fossil-fuel free , Cullen Howe , Green Buildings , Energy Independence and Security Act , carbon-neutral , energy savings , energy efficient buildings , Columbia Law School , federal buildings , greenhouse gases , retrofitting